John O. Brennan Nomination What was John nominated for? United States President Barack Obama twice nominated Brennan to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Was this a popular vote among others? On March 5, the Intelligence Committee approved the nomination 12-3. What was his qualifications that made him eligible to be nominated? Brennan's role in targeting individuals for CIA missile strikes
How long did he hold this position?
How long did John O. Brennan hold the CIA director position?
United States President Barack Obama twice nominated Brennan to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.  Morris Davis, a former Chief Prosecutor for the Guantanamo Military Commissions compared Brennan to Canadian Omar Khadr, who was convicted of "committing murder in violation of the law of war". He suggested that Brennan's role in targeting individuals for CIA missile strikes was no more authorized than the throwing of the grenade of which Khadr was accused.  On February 27, 2013, the Senate Intelligence Committee postponed a vote, expected to be taken the next day on the confirmation of Brennan until the following week. On March 5, the Intelligence Committee approved the nomination 12-3. The Senate was set to vote on Brennan's nomination on March 6, 2013. However, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul began a talking Senate filibuster of the vote, citing President Barack Obama and his administration's use of combat drones against Americans, stating "No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual. It goes against everything that we fundamentally believe in our country." Paul's filibuster continued for 13 hours, ending with the words: "I'm hopeful that we have drawn attention to this issue, that this issue will not fade away, and that the president will come up with a response." After the filibuster, Brennan was confirmed by a vote of 63-34.  Brennan was sworn into the office of CIA Director on March 8, 2013. in a 63-44 vote. CANNOTANSWER
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Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath is a double album by Harold Budd which, at the time of its release in 2005, was reported to be his final musical work.  However, both Music for 'Fragments from the Inside' and Mysterious Skin - Music from the Film, a collaboration with Robin Guthrie, were released a few months after this album.  The first disc is titled Avalon Sutra, and the second, a remix from Akira Rabelais, is titled As Long as I Can Hold My Breath.

Track listing
CD 1 Avalon Sutra

 "Arabesque 3" (Jon Gibson) – 2:40
 "It's Steeper near the Roses (For David Sylvian)" – 1:02
 "L'enfant Perdu" – 2:14
 "Chrysalis Nu (To Barney's Memory)" – 1:59
 "Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's)" – 2:49
 "Arabesque 2" (Jon Gibson) 3:02
 "Little Heart" – 7:40
 "How Vacantly You Stare at Me" (Jon Gibson) 4:01
 "A Walk in the Park with Nancy (In Memory)" – 5:55
 "Rue Casimir Delavigne (For Daniel Lentz)" – 5:28
 "Arabesque 1" (Jon Gibson) 1:56
 "Porcelain Ginger" – 2:01
 "Faraon" – 1:23
 "As Long as I Can Hold My Breath" – 3:57

CD 2 As Long As I Can Hold My Breath

 "As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night)" – 69:28

Personnel
Harold Budd - string arrangements, mixing, keyboards
Marston Smith - cello (2, 3, 4, 5)
Peter Kent - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
James Acevedo - viola (2,3,4,5)
Denis Blackham - mastering
Michael Coleman - mixing, mastering, recording (1, 14)
Yuka Fujii - artist Liaison
Shinya Fujiwara - photography
Scott Fraser - recording (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
James Sitterly - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
Akira Rabelais - composer, guitar (As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night))
David Sylvian - art director
Chris Bigg - design

References 

Harold Budd albums
2005 albums
Samadhi Sound albums
Ambient albums by American artists José Irigoyen (??-??) was an eighteenth century administrator. He was appointed Spanish acting governor of Texas in 1798, but he never assumed the position.

Biography 
Irigoyen's date and place of birth are unknown. The first thing about him is that he was living in Spain when was appointed governor of Texas in 1798. In his years of service, he never got to hold the office.

In 1796, Manuel Muñoz began to get sick and could no longer hold the office of governor. On August 5, 1797, Pedro de Nava asked Muñoz to give up both the "company and archives" of San Antonio (which was the capital of Texas at this time) to Irigoten when he arrived in Texas. José Irigoyen was appointed governor in 1798, but he did not move in the region because he fell ill. After Muñoz death in August 1799 Nava, who was still awaiting Irigoyen's arrival, appointed Juan Bautista Elguézabal as acting governor, who occupied this position until his death.

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References 

Governors of Spanish Texas
18th-century births
Year of death unknown
1790s in Texas
1800s in Texas Colin Falconer (1623–1686) was a 17th-century Scottish minister and bishop. Born in 1623, he was the son of Beatrix Falconer née Dunbar and her husband William Falconer of Dunduff. He graduated in the liberal arts at St Leonard's College, University of St Andrews, and moved on to become a clergyman. His first charge, Essil parish church in the diocese of Moray, was held until he was translated to Forres parish.

He held this position until, on 5 September 1679, he was elevated to episcopal rank, having been selected as the new Bishop of Argyll. He did not hold this position for very long, as he was translated to the wealthier diocese of Moray in February the following year. Bishop Falconer had a good reputation for his hospitality and piety, and well as his diplomatic skills. He remained Bishop of Moray until his death at Spynie Castle on 11 November 1686, aged 63 years old. His body was buried in the south aisle of St Giles parish church in Elgin.

References
 Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924), pp. 154, 292

1623 births
1686 deaths
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Scottish Restoration bishops
Bishops of Argyll
Bishops of Moray
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1681–1682
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1685–1686